Thousands of years before the invention of compasses or sails, prehistoric peoples crossed oceans to reach remote lands like ...

Discovery of complex pre-historic tools in China suggests our ancestors were far more advanced than thought - Find suggests ...

What is it about the human physiology that leads us to use pillows, and does anyone know when we first came up with the idea?

This is Part 3 of a three-part series. Read Part 1 here and Part 2 here.The first wave of the “Sixth Extinction” outlined in ...

Dogs have a very special bond with humans. They were the first mammal to be domesticated, and we have fashioned them into ...

And this means we might have been thinking about the origins of syphilis in an entirely wrong way. While the French ...

When faith and policy work together, they reinforce each other, making environmental actions more meaningful and sustainable.

Cuba is currently experiencing a radical tightening of U.S. sanctions, strangling its economy to pressure for a change in its ...

The Furys have a convincing case to be considered the most prolific fighting family. There's more of them than you ...

Mary Chiney offers ten points of entry into the astounding back catalogue of Malian master kora player Toumani Diabaté ...

This account of ancient rock art in Eurasia, Arabia and the Sahara attempts to discover the beliefs of the people who created ...